Is the three-year degree dream becoming a reality?

DEI scepticism threatens to derail Japan’s gender equality push

Long-running initiatives that aim to tackle issue not working, say experts, with change in approach needed

Sydney holds women-only recruitment round for engineering faculty

Female-only recruitment ‘part of the solution’ for male-dominated profession facing workforce ‘crisis’

Tackling pay funding gap ‘can bring down Irish class sizes’

Government urged to address shortfall in funding for Irish universities ‘immediately’ amid high staff-student ratios

Has student-centred teaching gone too far?

Marketisation and the pandemic pushed student preferences to the top of every university’s teaching and learning agenda. But should those preferences be acted on even if they risk undermining...

Universities must do more to tackle male students’ informal advantage

Peer networks give male students confidence and visibility. Female mentorship, affinity groups and curricular changes can help push back, says Ava Doherty

Participants become students to combat ‘ram raid’ research

New programme at Northumbria helps those with lived experience take more active role in researching mental health

Chinese applicants ‘could increase further’ if UK shows stability

Record number of students from China applying via Ucas demonstrates sector ‘resilience’ but dip in India applications tempers positivity

Some universities see government grants drop by more than half

Leeds Trinity and Canterbury Christ Church among institutions hardest hit after slashing of Strategic Priorities Grant

New chairman for Times Higher Education

LEK Consulting founder caps longstanding association with company

Columbia deal a ‘threat’ to higher education, experts warn

Beware ‘one strike and you’re out’ submission rule, UKRI warned

Ban on uninvited resubmissions of proposals at Natural Environment Research Council may cost system dearly, warns expert

Levy business to revive R&D spending, says Australian academy

Companies should ‘come to the party’ in bankrolling research effort that relies too heavily on foreign students

Hong Kong university applications surge amid US uncertainty

Institutions appear to be overcoming longstanding internationalisation issues, with some reporting record-breaking levels of interest

‘US higher education on trial’ as Harvard awaits court decision

Even favourable result for under-fire institution unlikely to quell president’s attacks, experts warn, as Columbia reaches own deal with administration